Harshad Hemant Jadhav v. the State of Maharashtra
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What is this about?
Regular bail granted; murder S.302 IPC; attempt to murder S.307 IPC; Ss.336, 323, 504 r/w 34 IPC; Maharashtra Police Act S.37(1) r/w S.135; Crime No. 9 of 2024, Khadak Police Station, District Pune; incident dated 9th January 2024; death of first informant's friend; sudden quarrel, not premeditated (defence contention); applicant in custody more than two years; no progress in trial; no antecedents; prosecution objections: first informant eyewitness, identification in test identification parade, apprehension of threatening prosecution witnesses; P.R. Bond Rs. 30,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount; conditions: attend concerned police station as and when required, no tampering with evidence, no influencing or contacting complainant/witnesses; observations confined to bail stage, trial court to decide uninfluenced; Bombay High Court Criminal Bail Application No. 383 of 2026; Judge Shivkumar Dige; advocates Abhishek R. Avachat, Siddhant H. Deshpande, V. Dhole for applicant; APP B. B. Kulkarni for Respondent-State.